Design a quilt to display large prints. Find blocks to set into a quilt layout that will showcase beautiful fabrics without cutting them up very much. In your design, however, don't use a lot of prints that will make the project file very large. Give us an idea of areas that we can set our own collection of prints.
- Barb Vlack
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Quilt 33 |
Quilt 34 |
Quilt 35 |
Quilt 36 |
Janet Bangs
Kaffe's boxes
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Janet Bangs
Ice Cream Peonies
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Joan Garland
Lg. floral challenge
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Jane Turgeon,
Cardinal Octogon
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When I think of big prints, I always think of Kaffe Fassett. I drew
this block to showcase the various colourways of this floral print.
The quilt border echoes the border around the block itself and ties
the whole design together.
Guildford, England
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Kaffe Fasset's peonies light pink print is very reminiscent of ice
cream colours. The hot pink colourway of the same print adds a lively
touch. The blocks are very simple, but when combined create the effect
of circles of colour.
Guildford, England
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Blocks: flower petals, cross X, four fans-3 petals.
Braselton, GA
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I saw an octagonal wall hanging similar to this at the "Patchwork
Apple" in Phoenix, AZ. Fussy cut centre. Assemble octogon border
by adding bird fabric triangles to centres of sides, then lay 2.75"
or 3" strips instead of multi-pieced units on corners. A 1"
or 2" dark border would add a good finish.
Northeastern Ontario
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Quilt 37 |
Quilt 38 |
Quilt 39 |
Quilt 40 |
Jane Turgeon,
Cardinal Octogon
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Judy Best
Flowers and Pinwheels
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Judy Best
Lilly swirl
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Kay Ahr
Landscape Quilt
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Fabrics from Jan 2006 and July 2007 fabric libraries of the month.
Had fun with the fussy cut tool.
Northeastern Ontario
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A created a skewed square and then drew lines from the corners to
create a pinkwheel effect. This block leaves a large area for the
feature fabric or for a machine embroidery block
Ontario, Canada
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I selected the fabric first, then drew a block with three arcs and
when four blocks are put together and rotated they look lilke a simple
lily and give motion to the center of the quilt. I then selected colours
from the feature fabric to complete the petals.
Ontario, Canada
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This pattern is for the fabrics you just can't cut at all! Put a
WOF [width of fabric] piece right smack dab in the middle. Those
fabrics with a landscape
scene -- the trees in the winter snow, the animals frolicking in
the meadow, the rocky shore of the ocean, the hunting lodges, the
mountain
waterfalls.
Sparks, Nevada USA
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Quilt 41 |
Quilt 42 |
Quilt 43 |
Quilt 44 |
Kay Ahr
Halloween Quilt
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Kelly Gogatz
The Dressing Chamber
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Kelly Gogatz
Lunch with a Geisha
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Leanne Davis
Sunflowers
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A couple of years ago, I was in a Halloween fabric swap. I have TONS
of 10" squares of Halloween fabric. The solid colors show where
the 10" pieces of Halloween fabric could appear.
Change the black and orange to those purples and greens that have
become popular at Halloween nowadays.
Sparks, Nevada USA
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This is the quilt I am in the process of making now. I call it The
Dressing Chamber because of the use of the Kimono Panels. I am using
piping all around the piecing. The solid colors are actually various
asian prints with large cuts in the borders. I will embellish with
beads, coins, tassels, and buttons. I will quilt with metallic thread
and sashiko in the borders.
Sleepy Hollow, NY
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This is an original design that I've actually made using geisha panels.
I named it - Lunch with a Geisha - because the scrap work around the
panels remind me of a bento box. I used various asian prints in the
piece work with piping all around them. It is quilted with metallic
threads and I did sashiko in the borders. I embellished the quilt
with beads, coins, buttons, and tassels.
Sleepy Hollow, NY
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Adelaide, South Australia
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Quilt 45 |
Quilt 46 |
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Quilt 48 |
Leanne Davis
Squares and Stars
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Lisa Dunz
Winter Wonderland
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Lisa Dunz
Kansas Windmill
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Laurie Hopman
Wings to the East
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Adelaide, South Australia
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www.blackswanstudio.com
I wanted a cozy holiday quilt to put on my bed. This simple design
displays the cute featured snowman fabric without appearing too childish
for an adult bed.
Kansas
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www.blackswanstudio.com
I love the larger prints and wanted a design that would not only showcase
a beautiful floral, but also allow for creative quilting designs throughout.
This is an easy design that only looks complicated to make.
Kansas
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Designed for Large Print challenge, to showcase 2 oriental prints
scanned from my stash. Designed in Variable Blocks, set with a modified
Attic Windows block and half square triangles. Easy to modify for
desired size, number of rows, etc. The balance between the floral
pattern in the large blocks and the "wings" geometry in
the triangles keeps it interesting to look at.
Hilo, HI
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Quilt 49 |
Quilt 50 |
Quilt 51 |
Quilt 52 |
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Lorraine Dickinson
Yippy Yie Yea
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Marcia Bock
Coral Reef
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Marcia Bock
Pretty Poinsettias
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Mary Seay
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A log cabin block with a large center displays a cowboy novelty fabric.
Mystic IA
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I've not actually made many quilts - uh - have my first one started.
But I just had to have this software and I've had many hours of fun
designing quilts. I decided to take the large print challenge - see
what I could come up with.
Memphis TN
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I've not actually made many quilts - uh - have my first one started.
But I just had to have this software and I've had many hours of fun
designing quilts. I decided to take the large print challenge - see
what I could come up with.
Memphis TN
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Quilt 53 |
Quilt 54 |
Quilt 55 |
Quilt 56 |
Mary Seay
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Margie Wallace
Grammercy Baskets I
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Margie Wallace
Grammercy Baskets II
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Nancy Anderson
Rose garden (4"blocks)
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Designed for ClubEQ challenge for July 07.
We needed to design a kit to use these fabrics. The large floral print
begged to be put in a basket pattern.
O'Neill Nebraska
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This is an alternate layout that we might use for a kit from these
fabrics. I think the stripes add to the design.
O'Neill Nebraska
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A simple quilt using the Snowball block and Flying geese in the sashing.
Because of the scaling of the large print the 4"blocks may be
increased to 8 or 12 if I should make it in fabric.
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Quilt 57 |
Quilt 58 |
Quilt 59 |
Quilt 60 |
Nancy Anderson
Rose Garden 2 (4" blocks)
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Elaine Stone-Arthur
Balloons Over New Mexico
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Elaine Stone-Arthur
Southwestern Influence
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Priscilla Newberger
Geometry
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The change here is in the border as the plain Flying Gees looked
tto much in the smaller border.
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Simple shapes in a horizontal row quilt are used to highlight complicated
prints.
Corvallis, OR
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Quilt 61 |
Quilt 62 |
Quilt 63 |
Quilt 64 |
Priscilla Newberger
Flowers on the steps
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Anne Hawn Smith
Dreams of the Circus
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Anne Hawn Smith
Persian Nights
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Berit Pramm
Kaffe Fassett in a Quilt
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A modified courthouse steps pattern is used to display a large floral
print.
Corvallis, OR
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I love this circus print and tried to center the most dominant clown
in each block. the Orange Peel block reminded me of the circus tents.
There are several blue colors which would make a good border also.
Fernandina Beach, FL
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I love paisley prints and the Orange Peel variation seems to add
motion to the fussy cut blocks. You could also use the Orange Peel
block in the corners of the borders if the block size was large enough.
I also tried the quilt with the two shades of blue on the outer border,
but this seemed more subtle.
Fernandina Beach, FL
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I found this fabrics very interesting to
use in this design.I used the same block
in the desigs.
Norway
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